I am a fan of$Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securi...

I am a fan of $Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF(VTIP.US)$and hold it in a tax-deferred account, at a weight about three times that of $Schwab Strategic Tr Us Tips Etf(SCHP.US)$, Schwab's total TIPS fund. SCHP is a very good fund, but its duration of 7.7 years means it has a downside risk of about 15% if the 10-year real yield rises to about 0.90%, versus -0.97% today. Will that happen in the next two years? Who knows, but it is possible, and so there is risk. VTIP's downside risk is much lower, because of its 2.61 duration. I'd estimate its downside risk at about 5.5%. It has little upside potential, but high inflation will make returns attractive, if high inflation continues. $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$